Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Those reed and rattan rockers at Rigg
4 Johnson's, are cheap.
The best cent cigar in town in at
Pearson's City Drug Store. 5
Come and get your straw Hats for
half their value at Wheeler's. 8
Tho Grand hotel has been feeding 200
persons at every meal since Sunday.
An unusual activity in country real
estate is reported by l.. +. Pearson x
Co.
FoH RENT-1'wo business rooms. OPP
posite the court house. ID. A. McCan-
less.
II. T. Lee and wife are living in the
ID. +. Eldred house ON Washington av-
enue.
a two-ton refrigerator keeps all fresh
meat in good order at the Central meat
market. 4
A. l.. Noble now Offices with Judge
Edwards, in the First National bank
building.
Ready-mixed paints, OF any color de-
sired; the best In the market, at South
worth's drug store. AZ
Mrs. Yant will start next week on n
visit 10 her old home in Indiana, TO be
away several weeks.
The salary Of the Medicine Lodge
postmaster has been increased to 81 600,
including clerk hire.
Hats for young men, old men and
boys, soft, stiff or straw at Standiford,
Youmans Il Eldred's. so
The Southern Kansas will sell tickets
until Sept. 18th, to Denver and CoIora-
do Springs, at $50 40 round trip.
Neff and Al. McClearey started Mon
day on a trip to 'haw Mexico and Ari-
IONA, TO be abs Jeveral weeks.
The school board will select teachers
for the Medicine Lodge public school
this week, about Saturday, it is thought.
You can buy clothing at Wheeler's
cheaper than any place IN the state.
lie is reducing his stock at very low
prices. 8
Farmers, paint your houses, barnes
and fences with the best ready-mixed
paints, to be had at Pearson's City
Drug Store. 5
The large plate-glass for the First
National bank building at Coldwater,
was received here 10y Contractor Free
man this week.
w. III. McCague this week traded his
farm, northwest of town miles, for 4
valuable lots IN Wichita. II. Il. Lee
made the dicker.
Subject OF sermon at the Christian
church, next Sunday morning: THE
Bible Looking Glass" Evening sub
.Ject: Sowing and Reaping."
Paint your house with ready-mixed
paints, the best in the market, warrant
ed not TO crack or scale. Sold only 10y
Southworth, Medicine Lodge. AZ
y : Married, in Medicine Lodge, June ~,
1887. Mt the Cling hotel, by Rev. II.
Sanderson, Mr.. Sterling L. Fulton to
Miss Lucy Cary, both of Kiowa.
Mrs Maggie Roberts gave birth to a
fine girl baby on the 9th inst, with DIR.
Burney in attendance. Nick is as
proud as he could be under the circum-
stances.
Sun City Is wild over its coal excite
ment. IL is claimed that n good vein
has been discovered near the town, and
n stock company is making arrange
ments to sink n shaft.
l.. NJ. Axline is now sole owner and
editor Of the Cresset, Mr.. McNeal hav-
Ing retired several weeks ago. Lutte
has had practically the sole control of
the paper more than year.
Judge O'Bryan and a party of three
friends were out fishing one day this
week, not yesterday or Monday. and
captured 100 pounds of fish, principal
ly channel cats. The INDEX was re-
membered.
Hon. Geo. ID. Orner came in from
Garden City, Sunday, hebeing one of
The attorneys in the Morton county
case. lie expressed himself as graft
fed and surprised at the growth of
Medicine Lodge since he left IL, one
year ago.
"A little dog belonging to Col. Brand
showed symptoms OF hydrophobia last
Sunday and Marshal IIorney killed it.
The probability is that other dogs i'm
this town will go mad, and so II is safe
20 shoot every one that is caught run
ming at large.
The county commissioners will not
attend to any business next Monday,
July 4th, that being a national holiday;
but the regular July session will COM
mence on Tuesday, July 5th. All per-
sons interested should take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
A firm that handles only first class
and strictly pure goods, is the Oldest
and most reliable in the county, Stan
diford, Youmans 4 Eldred. This firm
is daily in receipt of an invoice, and
yet 1t keeps one man busy ordering
They do not sell at cost, but do not
want exhorbitant profits. Their bust
ness is conducted on the live and LET
live" principle. 8
1t is now said that the younger Plot
kins who has been discharged from
prosecution, will come forward and say
that 1t was he and not his brother, Har-
ris, who stabbed Painter. Harris was
convicted of the deed two weeks ago,
and at least five years in the penitenti-
airy would have been his punishment.
Now his brother comes up and practi-
cally offers to serve out his sentence.
Tho aldar pIotkina Ia a married ,oow